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Are these bad??? See Pics....
    #12568920 - 05/15/10 06:54 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Newbie here and I'm hoping that someone can tell me by looking at these pics if these are contaminated? I swabbed the dis-colored base with a Q-Tip and nothing came off. Also as you may see in the pics, only half of them have this blueish color at the base and the others are all white... Thanks for the help...

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Re: Are these bad??? See Pics.... [Re: cinco]
    #12569095 - 05/15/10 07:28 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

looks like bruising to me.


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Re: Are these bad??? See Pics.... [Re: ninja cat 09]
    #12569727 - 05/15/10 09:23 PM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Do you think it is time to harvest these?

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Re: Are these bad??? See Pics.... [Re: cinco]
    #12571724 - 05/16/10 06:36 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

I wouldn't know from that pic, i usually pick them when the veil starts to tear.


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    #12572285 - 05/16/10 10:27 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Looks like I waited to long as they opened up overnight and littered the bottom with black dust. I pulled them  all off the cake and wondering if these are still good and what would be the best way to dry w/o spreading spores all over the place? Also would it be wise to move the rest of my experiment to another home?

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Re: Are these bad??? See Pics.... [Re: cinco]
    #12572318 - 05/16/10 10:36 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

The blue is bruising. Pick your fruits when the veils begin to tear so they don't puke spores all over your FC.

Additionally, the Q-Tip test is absolute bullshit. You'll learn how to spot the difference between contaminants and bruising once you have a few grows under your belt.

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Re: Are these bad??? See Pics.... [Re: cinco]
    #12572332 - 05/16/10 10:41 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

I would just go with a dehydrator or with a desiccant chamber. Why would you want to move you're project to another home? A lot of people keep they're whole grow inside they're own rooms and if they have the space sometimes dedicate a whole room to it, but a whole house seems unnecessary.


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    #12572383 - 05/16/10 10:52 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

I am sorry but what I meant was now that these opened up, they dropped black stuff on the perlite in the area surrounding the cake. I am not sure if this is bad and if I should move my cakes to a new planetarium (home) or maybe replace the perlite to get rid of the black stuff? Also, can you tell me what the proper name for this "stuff" is ?
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Re: Are these bad??? See Pics.... [Re: cinco]
    #12572412 - 05/16/10 10:56 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Spores. Mushrooms produce and reproduce via spores. P. Cubensis drops purple-black spores.

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Re: Are these bad??? See Pics.... [Re: cinco]
    #12572496 - 05/16/10 11:19 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

Wait till' they finish fruiting, then just wash out the perlite.


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Re: Are these bad??? See Pics.... [Re: ninja cat 09]
    #12572598 - 05/16/10 11:41 AM (14 years, 8 months ago)

In regards to the ones that I just picked and drying them... Do I clean off the ends (base) of them now or after they are dried?
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